Fastening-inserting machine



, Jam. 27, 1931. I F. L. MMKENZIE 1,790,052

FASTENING INSERTING MACHINE Filed Feb. 28, 1929 Z-Sheets-Sheot' 1' "I g l 0 Jan. 27, 931- F. L. M KENZIE 1,790,062

FASTENING INSERTING MACHINE Filed Feb. 28.1929 '2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fig. 2.

Wyn/79A Patentd Jan. 27, 193 1 Fla-BBL. MACKENZIE, oasiserity; Mes

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rasrnnrne rnsnnrrne MACHINE r -A1jp1ication-filed February 2e, 1929.. Serial n5. 343,429.

This invention relates to fastening inserting machines and is illustrated herein as embodied in a counter stapling machine; I

In the manufacture of turn shoes having molded counters ,it hasbeen customary to fasten a sheet of material known a tnc lg into the counter with its lowersurfaces'in contactwith the flange of thecounter thus .-'(.letern1ining the spread ofthe' forward. poitions of the counter. It has =more recently beon'proposed, as disclosed in"application for Letters Patent of thefUnited States serial No. 307,408,- filed SQPtcmherQl, 1928 in thefina'me of'E. B. Lihby,' to'hold the for-.

ward ends ofthe flange of the count'erin the desired spaced relation by astaple one. legof which is anchored-111 one end only of the flange of the counter 'and the other leg inythe other end onlv of the fiange. ofthe counter,

the ends of the flange being separated, except perhaps in the smallest sizes, by a gap which is bridged by the barof't'hestaple. 7

It is an object of'the present inve 'ition to provide a. fastening inserting machine for inserting in a counter astaple having a relatively long bar, one leg of the stapleheing anchored to oneend only of the flange of the counter and the other leg to the other end only of the flange; thus determining the spread of. the forward portion of the counter. In accordance with a feature of the invention, the illustrated machine is provided with means for formingfrom wire staples having relatively long bars and driving thestaples into the forward portion of the flange of a counter, and a Work support on. which the .counter is carriedconstructed and arranged to position the counter so that one leg of the staple will be anchored in one, endportion only of the flange of thecounter and the,

other leg of the staple Wlll. be anchored in'the other end portion only of the flange. v

A feature of the invention; as embodied in the illustrated machine, comprises an imaroved Work su f ort havin 'a e members 7 arranged to grip the forward portions of the counter at opposite sides thereof, 'thereby positionmgthe counter transversely, and an end gage arrangedto engage the forward extremities of the flange of the counter,;there'- ork -'supp'ort. of a fastei n gage members can be varied by the rotation of a hand: wheel which is connected to-the gagemenrbers, the'size of'the-counter for: which the gage inemb ers are-positioned be c ingshoivn by anindicatorhavinga movable e V V i so u otherobects were member connected to v the hand ,Wheel' W'ith the above and fares in View the invent oniw 1 awes described win; reference m1 n; aeconqnn ngdrawings and pointed out in the claims. e

ln'tlie'drawings s F 1g. 1 is'a frontelevat on of he head-land chine embodying the en't niyientidnQg,

Fig.2 i's'al side [elevation of the war-1: up v port of the machine of-Figll s Fig. 3isaplan-view w ns support 5 is perspective vie iv' olf v H the spread of the forepart of which is determined by a:

trated machine.

transverse section lonlthe line a counter Amo ' "lhe illustrated machine isof the character disclosed: iirLet ers Patent of-ithel lnited t'a tes No; 1,016,930, granted February '1 1912 on an application filed in the name TWilliam H. Borden. V Well-known to the trade and as many of the details of the machine are-of no consequence so fariais the present invention is C011CT11Cl5 ithas not been'ifo'und'necessaryto describe the machine in f-ulh; only such p res being shown and described. herein as are necessary or helpful to an understandin of the pre ent invention. For a fullolisclosure-ofthe remaining details of the machine reference may he -had to The illustrated machine is providedivith a I head in which is mo mted amain" cam shaft As thismachine is said llyettersi Pat ent- No.7

lOcaifryin'g a liftingloam e12infloperativeir'e' lation to lifting jblook 14 1 ca ried. by a driver bar -16 'Inountedfor vertical moveihentin Ways carried the hea d of the machine and'moved downwardly when the lifting cam 12 moves from under the lifting block 14% by a suitable spring in a well-known fashion. Secured to thelower end of the driver bar 16 is a driver '18 reciprocating through a driver 'passage20l As the staples, ins'ertedby the machine have relatively long bars, the driver 18 is in the form of a fiat plate (Highe and the driver passage;.20,

which is formed in a; driver guide and-tl'iroat member 22, is of a similar cross section.

An inside former 24 is mounted for for ward and rearward movement into, and out of the driver passage and cooperates with a pair of outside formers 26 reciprocated in timed relation tothe inside former 2A and the'driver. -18-by suitable mechanism including a rock [arm 28 carried by a shaft 30 rocked by suitable connections from the shaft 10. A palr of-feed rolls 32areoperat1veto feed a wire 34L past a pair of" cutters 36 v and 88'into position abovethe inside former, as and beneath the outsideformers 26. After the cutter '36 has moved downwardlyto sever a length of wire '40, the outside formers 26 are moved'downwardly, wiping the end portions'of the wire 40 about the inside former 2d and thus forming a staple 'having'a long bar and short legs, as illustrated at 42v in Fig. 4. The inside former 24 is witl idrawn and r'the driver 18 moved downwardly to drive" the staple into :the forward portions of the flange 43 of a counter l5-presentsd til thereto in themaniiershown me,

In order properly to position the counter 45 for the reception of the staple, the ,machine is provided with a work support'vrhich will now be described; Attached to a'horn post 44, such as is commonly used insuch machines, and mounted for vertical movement therewith, is a braclret substantially straight horn 4S terminating in an anvil having a clenchingsurface provided with a pair of clenching cavities spaced apart substantially *the width of he driver passage 20 and arranged to 'clonch the legs of a staple inserted by the machine;

The bracket 46 also carries gage mechanism' for positioning the counter 45 (Figs.

2 2,3 and 4c) withthe forward end portions of its flange l3 in alinement withthc clenchingcavities 52 and with the legs of a staple in the driver passage 20. This mechanisin comprises a pair of fingers extending forwardly of the machine and pivoted at 62 to the bracket ltivfor, horlzontal ad ustment. Fingers 60 carryattheir ends counter' engaging portions or members 64 arranged. tosbe positioned within thewforward portions of the counter 45 andengaging the under. surface of the .fiangel3 of the counter and the Wings .66 of the counter adjacent to the-flange, as best shown in Figs. 2 and 4.1 Pivoted at 68 to the'fingers 60 area sec 0nd pair of fingers 70, urgedin a counterhers.

46 carrying a 7' clockwise direction, as viewed in Fig. 2, by apair of leaf springs 72 anchored at 74 to the fingers 60 adjacent to the pivots 68and bearing against the lower surfaces of the fingers 7O attheir right-hand ends. The

left-hand ends'of the fingers T0 are provided with portions ormembers'76formed and arranged to engage the counter 45 in opposed relation to the members 62 of the fingersfiO, ,as-best-shown 1n-F1gs;2.;and

"In order to position the membersb l vand 76 of the lingers 60 and T0 for the reception of counters of varying sizes means, which will now e described, is provided for ad justing the fingers 60a1id $0 about the pivot.

62. For this purpose ashaft SO provided having suitable bearings in inembers 82 carried by the bracket 44L Fast upon the shaft is a barrel cam '84: providedwith two cam tracks 86 in whichare positioned cam followers or rolls 88 carried by the fingers 60. A hand wheel 90 18 secured to one end of the shaft 80 by means of which the shaft can be'rotated therebyfcausing the cam 84: adjust the members toward or from each other. 'Fast upon the-other end of the cam shaft 80 is an indicator wheel 92 provided a resilient spider 102 bearin against their u b 104 of the h'andwheel 9U anu against a washer 106 contactingwith the friction member 100.-

In order to positionthe counter lengthwise,

an end gage 110 is provided, clamped by a screw'1l2 to a projection 11%. at the upper end of-the horn .48. The end gage 110 isof' sufficient wi'dthto engage both ends of. the flange ofeven the'largest counter andis so positioned that the'staple willbeinserted a quarter or three-eighths of aninch, more or'less,

from the end of the flange.

In using tne machine the operator positions a counter-with theends of its fiangein engagementwith the end gage 110 and with the portion of the counter where the flange merges into its wings between the gage memhers 62 and 76, as best shown in Figs. 2 and l,

' the position of the gage members having previously been adjusted by rotation 'ofthe hand" wheel 90 to bring the gage members into proper position for thesize of counter which is to be operated upon. The forward portions of the fiangeof the counter slt oned n. ahnement' w th the {if-1Y6? pasf 'ters Patent of the. Ignited States .is

- said forward por I ions.

sage 20 of the machine so that when themac-hine is operated to; insert staplethelegs v of the staple Will-passthrough-the,flange of the counter, one leg of the staple-being anchored in one enclonly ofthe' flange of the counter and the other end of the staple in 7 the other end of the dange elf-the counter, as Shown 111 F g. 5 ,.the space between the-two portions of the ngebeing bridged by the bar of 'the staple except in the'caseof very small counters theends of the flange of which may over-lap slightly. I

I claim as new; and desire to secin 1. A counter'stapling machine having, in

. combination meansfor inserting in a. counter a staple having a relatively long bar, and means for presenting a. counterto the staple inserting means 'uiith the forward;portions oflthe' flange of the. counter positioned. to

eauseone leg ofthe stapleto be anchored n one only ofthe iorvward; port ons of the flange of thecounter and the other legqojf the staple to be anchored in the ether only of 2. A counter. staplinginachinehaving in combination; means for-inserting in a "counter a staple having. arelat yely,longfhar, said means lncludi'ng a dr ver and a throat member provided with a driver passage correspendmg: in .cross section to the d111111$1119 of thestaples, a Work support.constructed and a-rranged'to hold a counter with the forward portions of its flange in alinernent respec-' tively with the legs a stapleinithe driver passage and means i'or operat ngthe driver to drive a staplefinto thecounter thereby anchoring one legrof the staple in one only of thetoru ard port-ions ofthe flange of the counter and the other legol the staple in the other only of said forwardportions. I l 3. A counter stapling machine having; in combination, means for inserting in aficonnter a. staple having a relatively long bar, said I meansineluding a driver and a throat member provided. with a driver passage correspondingin cross section to the dimensions of e the staple, counter supporting and. pos1t1on-- ing means including-a member formed and arranged to be receivedwithin a counter and supporting; and positioning the counter vvlth the forward. portions of its flange in alinee ment respectively with'thelegs of a staple in the driver. passage,i andmeans forfoperating the driver tojdrive a staple throughthe driver )assage andxi'nto the. flange. of "thev counter combination means for forming staples hav- Having. thus described my in-vention hat W Let- L.

i'ng relatively long bars, a throat member pro vided with a driver passage oorresponding plesandv arranged to receive the staples and to conduct them to inserting position, a work,

support constructed and arrangedfto hold .a counteri-th the forward, portions of its flange in al-inement respectively withfthe legs in cross sectionto the dimensions ofthestaofastaple'in the driver passage, anda driver 1 operable to drive a staple into. the-counter thereby anchoring'one leg of thestaple. in

one only of the forward porti-onsotthe flan 'e j oithe' counter and the other'leg of the-staple in the other only off sai forward portions,

5'. A counterfstapling machine having in; combinat o n 'means for formlng "from JVIPQ. staples having; relatively long hars althroat member provided With adri-ver'passage ar: ranged to; gu de the staples to fasten ng nf. serting posit on; lvvork'suppor means constructe'dand-arranged to positlo mcou-nter.

on the. support with the forward pqrtions of f its flange spaced apart andima-linementre spectlvely-withgthe legs of a staplefln the.

driver passage, and a 'di-iverf operable to dr ve astape into thev con t r. on thesu p-po t' 6; A; counter stapling machine having combinationystaple forming and inserting 4 stri- -mientalities', aivvork; support constructed and arranged to support ,a counter ii 1, 'opera-. tive -.-relationf theretojvvith the foryv ar d. end

Po ti ns of ange n p s t n r e ve he legs of a staple inserted by the IllfiClll1l6,1il-I1(l two pairs of gage members arranged to grip r the forward portion of theicounter at oppo- V site sides-thereof xvhere the flange .inerges into the \vingsof'the counte .TKA Qounter staplingmachinehaving, in combination, means for forrningstapleshav ihgrel-atively:long bars, a. throat niember provided with a driver passage arranged to guide. the staples to fastening,'inserting'posie t1on, counter support ng and position ng means having parts constructed and ai'-.

ranged to bereceived within a counter and other parts .constructed and arranged to engage the exter orof thevcounter thereby positioning the counter with-the end portions of ts flange n ahnement respectively with the legs-of a staple the driver passage rancha driver operable to drive a staple through the" dr ver'passagte into-the flange of the counter thereby anchoring. one leg. ofthe staple into one en d only of the flange or. the counter and the other leg: of the staple in tl egother end onlyoff said flange. v v V 8. A counter stapl ng machine having, in

combinatiom neans for formingstaples 'having. relatively. long: bars, ah throa't member proriderliwith a .driver passage correspondingin cross section tow the dimensions of the staples andqarranged toreceivelthe staples,-

means constructed and arranged .to ,be -rethereby .fcausing the staplefto bridgelthe gap" I betWeentheends 'of the flange of the counte fastening inserting instrumentalities of the ward portions of the fian 'e of a counter trans- Rversely, a hand wheel, and connectionsjbetween the hand wheel and the gage members constructed and arranged so that rotation of thehand wheel through not more than one complete revolution adjusts the gage members toward and from each other to position them for the reception of counters of the entire range of sizes.

19. ,A worksupport for a fastening inserting machine having, in combination, a clenchmg anvil-in operative relation to the fastening lnserting instrumentahtles of the machine, gage members on opposite sides ofthe anvil adjustable toward and from each other and formed and arranged to position the forward portions of the flange of a counter transversely, a hand wheel, connections'betwen the hand wheel and the gage members whereby rotation of the hand wheel through less than one complete revolution adjusts the gage memberstoward and from each other to position them for the reception of counters of the entire range of sizes, and an indicator including a member movable with the hand wheel to indicate the size of the counter for the reception of which the gage members are positioned.

20. lVork supporting and positioning means for a fastening inserting machine comprising two pairs of gagemembers arranged to grip a counter at opposite sides thereof thereby positioning the counter transversely, one gage member of each pair being rigidly supported and theother gage member of each pair being yieldingly urged towardthe corresponding rigidly supported gage member, a hand wheel, connections from the hand wheel to the adj ustably supported gage members constructed and arranged to cause rotation of the hand wheel to adjust said gage members toward and from each other in accordance with the size of the counter to be supported and positioned, and an indicator connected with the hand Wheel and arranged :pair of arms pivoted to the first pair and having at their forward extrennties counter engaging members formedand arranged to en'- gage the outside of the counter in opposition to the counter engaging members carried by the first pair of arms, and a spring urging the counter engaging members of the arms of members formed and arranged to engage the inside of counter toward its forward extremity where its wmgs merge into 1ts flange, 1

cam mechanism for adjusting said arms through equal arcsbut' inopposite directions, a second pair of arms pivoted to the first pair and having at their forward extremities counter engaging. members formed and arranged to engage the outside ofthe counter in opposition to the counter engaging members carried by the first 'pair of arms, and springs urgingthe counter engaging mem bers of the arms of the second pair toward the first pair.

gle axis and havingat their forward ends In testimony whereof I have signed'my name to this specification.

, FRED L. MACKENZIE. 

